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Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1856-1865 Southern cultivator. [Vol. 19, no. 2 (February, 1861)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.11.01 Author/Creator: Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1856-1865 Place Written: Augusta, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: February 1861 Pagination: 32 p. ; 26.5 x 17 cm. Order a Copy

Negroes & Negro Slavery, Power of the South. A prize essay on commercial manures displays the winner of the Georgia State Agricultural Fair. One article demonstrates the benefit of slave labor in analyzing crop output. One letter to the editor remarks that this journal removes existing tension between the North and the South. A lengthy editorial describes secession as seen from the North, with its consequences.

Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1861-1864

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